| Description |
xiii, 350 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 319-346. |
| Contents |
What is American about America?: Featherstone, J. John Dewey and David Riesman, from the lost individual to the lonely crowd. Gusfield, J. R. The sociological reality of America. Jencks, C. The social basis of unselfishness. Meyersohn, R. Abundance reconsidered. Sennett, R. What Tocqueville feared. Glazer, N. Individualism and equality in the United States. Cottle, T. J. An unemployed family. Kato, H. Development nineteenth-century style.--American institutions and subcultures-still changing: Gans, H. J. Symbolic ethnicity. Weiss, R. S. A new marital form. Berger, B. M. American pastoralism, suburbia and the commune movement. Denney, R. Feast of strangers. Trow, M. Aspects of diversity in American higher education. Grant, G. Journalism and social science. |
| Subject |
United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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United States. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
National characteristics, American.
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National characteristics, American. |
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Minorities -- United States.
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Minorities. |
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Riesman, David, 1909-2002.
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Riesman, David, 1909-2002. |
| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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| Added Author |
Riesman, David, 1909-2002.
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Gans, Herbert J.
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| ISBN |
0812277546 |
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9780812277548 |
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